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Pink Food

I'm hosting a book club meeting. We try and make the snacks at the meetings go along with the theme of the book - this month it's the Grass Harp. The main character loves pink, so I thought I'd try and make pink food. Caveats: I'm vegetarian and really don't like the idea of using pink food coloring. I like the idea of pink peppercorns and I thought I might try and make a beet root dip of some sort, but beyond that I'm stumped. Any ideas?

Pink grapefruit saladUse 1/2 the amount of beet root powder to make a pink velvet cake or cupcakesPink lemonade or pink sangriaCotton candyIf you don't mind heading into a bit of red..there are a good deal more choices

The little girl in the family I cook for loves the color pink. I use the juice from a can of red beets. A little bit goes along way,and doesn't have much of a taste. I use it on noodles, rice and eggs. Use it after the food is cooked, not in the cooking water. Hard boiled eggs (peeled) turn a nice shade of pink after soaking in beet juice for a while.Other than that, the only other pink food she likes is ham.Chrissy

I also thought they used beet juice to dye noodles, but I can't find that recipe.

Also, red cabbage, Chinese "beauty heart radishes" (if you can get them--honestly, I don't know when they are in season), red potato salad (leave skins on), watermelon, pink cauliflower if you can find it.

Maybe somehow utilize strawberry yogurt in a dessert or mini pie shell? Fresh guava is pink on the inside, as is bland watermelon. The juice of fresh strawberries is definitely pinkish too and can help you as a natural dye. Pink grapefruit is a good choice as someone mentioned upthread. I wanted to suggest pink popcorn with white chocolate, but you clearly mentioned no artificial food coloring.